Humanitarian aid was dropped into the Gaza Strip from the air for the second consecutive day on Monday, with some 20 pallets of food parachuted into the blockaded coastal area from Jordanian and Emirati aircraft,

More humanitarian aid was airdropped into Gaza for a second day after Israel announced a daily 10-hour pause in some areas to improve aid flow.

NBC News Correspondents Matt Bradley, Vaughn Hillyard and Andrea Mitchell discuss the growing humanitarian concerns in the Gaza Strip. International Rescue Committee Senior Vice President Ciaran Donnelly joins Meet the Press NOW to explain what aid organizations are seeing on the ground and what more needs to be done.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he is considering stepping up pressure on Israel over the ‘catastrophic situation’ in the enclave - Anadolu Ajansı

Amid growing global outrage, Israel has loosened restrictions on food distribution in Gaza to address rising starvation.

The local pause in fighting came days after ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas appeared to be in doubt.

The Israeli military on Sunday began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day, part of a series of steps that included multiple airdrops.

An analysis compiled by USAID officials says they failed to find evidence that Hamas engaged in widespread diversion of assistance in Gaza, ABC News has learned.

The Israeli government is defending a top military officer who dismissed images of starving Palestinians as “fake” over the weekend, despite President Trump stating Monday that he believes the pictures are real.